Comparison

OpenRice vs MINGCHU

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

OpenRice

Discover and book tables at your favorite restaurants across Asia. Order takeaway, purchase discounted vouchers, and pay for meals seamlessly. Earn loyalty points and credits while enjoying exclusive offers and discounts.

Highlights
  • Restaurant table booking
  • Takeaway pre-ordering
  • Discounted voucher purchases
  • Cashless meal payments
  • Loyalty point earning and redemption
  • Job listings in F&B industry
  • Advance queuing
Features
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OpenRice: Your complete restaurant guide, Table booking, Takeaway, Voucher, Payment and Loyalty platform in Asia. Search, book and earn Rice Dollars from your favourite restaurants! Simply show up to your booking and earn the equivalent to $1 per attended seat (T&C’s apply)! Burn Rice Dollars on Takeaway, Vouchers, Booking Prepaid Menus and OpenRice Pay! Table Booking (HK, Macau, Taiwan, Thailand) - Book, attend and earn Rice Dollars! - Book with prepaid special menus and enjoy special offers. - Earn multiple membership points (Asia Miles, Lee Gardens Club, Hang Seng Cash Dollars, LUBUDS). Takeaway (HK) - Whether you’re at home or office, pre-order to save time! - Enjoy multiple discounts from restaurants, credit cards and partners. Vouchers (HK) - Buy discounted vouchers before meals! OpenRice Pay (HK) - Pay for meals seamlessly with cashless payment. - Earn and burn credits while enjoy restaurant discounts. Jobs (HK) - Apply to any jobs in the F&B industry. - Quick apply through online CV and Whatsapp employers directly! Queuing (HK) - Save time and queue in advance on the way to restaurants. - Get notified when your table is nearly ready! Many more functions coming soon, stay tuned! Enquiry: mobile@openrice.com

About

MINGCHU

This app celebrates the contributions of chefs to food culture and human civilization. It aims to engage the chef community, enrich cooking knowledge, and promote the global culinary industry.

Highlights
  • Celebrates chef contributions
  • Engages chef community
  • Enriches cooking knowledge
  • Promotes global food culture
  • Showcases global creations
Features
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We rely on our parents' food at home, and enjoy chefs' sensory feast at restaurants. We are becoming the inheritors of the next generation of food culture. However, our awe of the culinary arts is far from enough. Just as we always ignore the existence of chefs while enjoying delicious food, we always tend to forget: chefs who really understand the food are the chefs who work hard in the kitchen. If it wasn't for them mastering advanced cooking skills and understand the past and present of food culture, many of the food cultures today would have long dissapeared. MINGCHU respects the contribution and value of chefs, praises their contributions towards the promotion of food culture and human civilization. Over the past ten years, we have been walking together with Chinese chefs on their journey to prove their potential and value. MINGCHU is dedicated to engage the vitality of the chefs' community, and enrich the connotation of cooking. Next, we will continue to gain global insights on food, showcase global creations, create more opportunities and possibilities, and to promote the organic development of the culinary industry and the progress of the food culture.

Screenshots

OpenRice4 screens
MINGCHU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MINGCHU at none against OpenRice's shown. MINGCHU also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). OpenRice's advantage is review sentiment (29% vs 0%) and rating (4.1 vs 3.7). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OpenRice holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OpenRice has 87 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of OpenRice's written reviews are positive against 0% of MINGCHU's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OpenRice ships an update fortnightly, MINGCHU monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
OpenRice versus MINGCHU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOpenRiceMINGCHU
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (87 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews28.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings87 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size242 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOpenRice.com烟台欣和企业食品有限公司

Customer experience

OpenRice

All ratings87 ratings
Positive77.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative17.2%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive28.8%
Neutral10.8%
Negative60.4%

MINGCHU

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

OpenRice

No in-app purchases

None

MINGCHU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OpenRice free?
OpenRice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MINGCHU free?
MINGCHU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OpenRice or MINGCHU?
OpenRice is rated higher. OpenRice averages 4.1 out of 5 from 87 ratings, while MINGCHU averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do OpenRice or MINGCHU have ads?
OpenRice shows ads; MINGCHU does not.
Which is updated more often, OpenRice or MINGCHU?
OpenRice ships an update fortnightly, and MINGCHU monthly. Most recently, OpenRice was updated on October 10, 2026 and MINGCHU on October 5, 2026.

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